Mounting for reversing lens



Aug. 31, 1954 w. C.-HUEBNER MOUNTING FOR REVERSING LENS Filed March 24, 1952 INVFJVTOR.

6: H UEBNEB w I I I a k6 MLLIHM Patented Aug. 31, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,687,672 MOUNTING FOR REVERSING LENS William C. Huebner, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Application March 24, 1952, Serial No. 278,251

13 Claims.

the lens-on its axis.

A further object is to provide A further .object .is to provide a mounting for .a reversing lens which enables the images to be positioned on the ground glass of a camera to fit more properly with lay-outs or reproduction .asthe adjustable rotation of the image is projected through the lens reversing element.

Still another and important object is to proroom to manipulate the le An h o ject is to provide a mounting for Embodiments of in the accompanying drawing wherein similar to Fig. 1 but showing a .difierent arrangement for rotating the lens barrel The mounting comprises the lens board adaptor plate it which at its four corners is provided with suitable means such as the knurled finger screws H for attaching the lens board adapter plate it to the lens board proper of the camera. The lens board adapter plate it has secured to it in a predetermined position thereon a rest bar 52 which supports the lens adapter plate It while it is being secured to the lens board adapter plate lb.

The lens adapter plate four corners suitable means l3 has adjacent to its for removably seplate to the lens board adapter plate as, for instance, the knurled finger plate It adjacent thereof has vertically spaced (as viewed in the drawing) bearing brackets. l5 and Hi. The lens adapter plate It also is provided at its edge adjacent to the rest bar 12 with a bearing bracket ll. The bearing brackets IE, it and l! are provided openings in which a shaft i8 is rotatable and is free to have axial movement therein. A worm is is splined on the shaft l8 intermediate the bearing brackets 15 and it so that said worm rotates with the shaft it but to move axially relative to the worm.

The upper end of the shaft it, as viewed in the drawing, is provided with an operating knob 2t while the lower end of said shaft has fixed thereto a gear 2!. 2! will be referred to hereinafter.

A lens roller support plate 22 is removably secured to the lens adapter plate l3 by means of suitable securing screws 22; located adjacent to the corners of len board adapter plate it, the lens adapter plate 13 and the lens roller support plate 22 are provided with central registering openings with the opening in the lens board adapter plate it being larger than the openings in the lens adapter plate I? and the lens roller support plate 22. The lens barrel 2 5 which houses the optical elements of the lens including the reversing element 25 is mounted in the registering openings of the plates l0, l3 and 22 and interflts the openings in the plates [3 and 22. The lens barrel 24 adjacent its end which extends through the opening in the plate Ill is provided with an annular groove 26, see Figs. 2 and 3.

The lens roller support plate 22 mounts adjacent its four corners and on screws 21 headed bushings 28 upon which rollers 29 are rotatably supported, the rollers 29 being located adjacent the heads of the bushings 28 and having sleeve portions extending to the plate 22. observed that there are four bushings 28 and four rollers 29 and that the same extend through four spaced openings in the plate l3 and through the large central opening in the plate It with the rollers engaging in the annular groove 26 of the lens barrel and rotatably supporting the lens barrel in position in the openings in the plate Ill, l3 and 22. The cross sectional contours of the groove 26 and the rollers 29 are such that the lens barrel will be steadily supported in position.

The lens barrel 2 3 forwardly of the lens roller support plate 22 has mounted thereon a worm wheel 30 which when the lens is in position on the plates meshes with the worm l9. It will be seen that rotation of the shaft 58 will effect rotation of the worm i9, worm wheel 30 and lens barrel 2d. The shaft 18 can be moved axially to its dash line position of Fig. 1 when it is desired to rotate the lens barrel manually by the knob 20. When the shaft 18 is in its full line position of with aligned bearing the latter is free The purpose of the shaft l8 and gear the lens roller support plate. The

It will be I Fig. l the gear 2| fixed on its lower end is in mesh with the drive pinion 3| of a small gear head motor 32 secured in position on the lens board adapter plate It. The motor 32 is a reversible motor and is connected for its power supply to electrical lead 33 and 3% extending to a suitable control switch 35, the construction of which may take any well known form and hence need not be illustrated. The control knob of the control switch 35 will have an intermediate 0 or stop position with a reverse position to one side of the stop position and a forward other side an electrical supply circuit will be suitably connected to the switch 35. The switch 35 could be mounted directly on the lens board adapter plate 10 if desired, but preferably it will be located remotely with respect to the lens mounting as, for instance, in the dark room of the camera.

The lens barrel 24 on its forward end may be provided with a suitable indicating line or lines A while the lens roller support plate 22 may be similarly provided as indicated at B. When the operator is adjusting the reversing lens manually about its focal axis to a known position he can determine such position by reference to the lines A and B. In so adjusting the lens manually it will be recalled that the operator moves the knob 20 and shaft l8 axially upwardly to the dash line position of Fig. l to move the gear 2! out of mesh with the pinion 3| and into its dash line position. Then rotation of the knob in one or the other direction will effect the desired rotation of the lens barrel until it has been moved to the position desired.

When the operator wishes to rotate the lens barrel on its focal axis by means of the motor 32, then the knob 2B, shaft l8 and gear 2! will be in the full line position of Fig. l with the gear 2| in mesh with the pinion 3!. Consequently when forward or reverse energization of the motor 32 is effected by the switch 35 the lens barrel will be rotated in the desired direction.

If the operator is eifecting the rotation of the lens barrel by the motor 32 from a remote location where the switch 35 is positioned as, for instance, the dark room of the camera, he can align the position of the image on the ground glass or on a lay-out in the camera in the exact position it should be in and in so doing he does not have to leave the dark room.

It may be desirable at various time to employ the usual non-reversing lens on the camera and this can be quickly accomplished with the present mounting. The lens barrel of the usual nonreversing lens may have secured thereon a lens adapter plate similar to the lens adapter plate l3 previously described but which adapter plate extend to the lens barrel, that is, the opening in the lens adapter plate directly receives the lens barrel and the lens roller support plate is omitted.

It will be apparent that the barrel of the nonreversing lens and the lens adapter plate secured thereto can be secured to the lens board adapter plate It by means of suitable finger screws carried by the lens adapter plate and functioning as do the screws it previously described. Thus it will be seen that if it is desired to employ an ordinary process lens, i. e., a non-reversing lens, then the reversing lens barrel 24, the lens roller support plate 22 and the lens adapter plate l3 may be removed from the lens board adapter plate It! and the barrel of the non-reversing lens mounted in the opening and. secured to a substitute lens adapter plate can .be secured directly to' the =lens iboard: mo rotation-is to -b adapter plate i0,

ezimparted to the inasmuch-as lens a'dapter'plate-and meshing withztheagearxon 'said .barrel.

=and hence'the' lens roller support plate is not re- 4. A- mounting for-a' reversing lens as defined quired. in claim 1 nd wherein said-cooperating means In Fig. 5 a=-modifiedarrangement is illustrated 5 on said -barrel an'd said lens board adapter plate for rotating'the-lens barrel. -A lever 36 is pivoted for rotating said barrel further comprises-a-wonn at"31-'-on 'the-lens board adapter plate in below wheelon said barrel ai'sha'ft rotatable-and axially therest bar l2 he lens board adapter plate movable-on said lens adapter plate, awoimsplined rockably mounts a shaft having an eccentric to said shaft for rotation therewith an'd axial cam 38-located in an opening formed 111' the free movement relative thereto and meshinguwith said end'of the pivoted lever 36 with the shaft carryworm'wheel; means for rotatingsaid shaftmanuing the cam having secured thereto an operating ally, 'and-a gear fixed-to said shaft, in combina- *han'dle 39. '"I'he-lever 36 hasfixed to it an electric tion'with powe opera-ted means mounted on said motor indicated at and the spindle of saidmolens-board adapter plate and including' a drive tor *is providedwith a -gear 4| adapted to "be l5 =-'shaft having fixed thereto-a gear adapted to mesh meshed-with agear42- formed on the barrel of with the gear fixed on said first-mentiOnedshaft he lens. "The gearsM and-42 may be compared when the latter-ls at one extremeof its -axial to theworm I and gear 30 of the previously demovement; and-means for controlling 'said 'power scribed-constructionbut preferably the gears 4| means located remotely with respect to said and42will bespurgears. -mounting' for the-reversing lens.

It w'illbe-seen that the lever36 can be-rocked "5. "A" mounting for a reversing lens asdefined to its"full' HDQ'DOSIHOII' by the operating handle 11)."(31212l111'4 and wherein saidpower means com- 08111138 to bringthe gear 4| of the motor prises-a reversible small gear head e ectric motor intoxmeshwvith the-gear 42 on the lens barrel having a drivingpmion adapted to meshwith the t will also 'be seenthat when the lever 36 is -"gear fixed on the shaft that is rotatable ancl' axi thusrocked to intermesh the gears 4| and 42 that ally movableon said lens adapter plate While'Sfild the cam 38 maintains the gears in mesh and the means for controlling the power means comprises lever36' an motor 40 in the full line position of an electric circuit having therein a control switch jg. 5. for starting and stopping and reversing the direc- "When it is desired to disengage the gear 4! from tion of operation of said-motor and located rethe gear 42 the lever 36 can be moved to the dash mo y WithreSDeCt t0 d" ine position of Fig 5 by rotating the handle 39 '6. Atmounting fora iever'sing' lens mp n a and cam 38 to their dash line position lens-board adapter-plate provided with' means for It will be understood that the motor 40 will be detachably securing it to'ithe' lens board of a connected-to a suitable source of electrical energy 35 amera and ha n n penin a lehsadaptel and that the control switch for the motor may plat pr vid d =With'means d cha ly s u n It be iocatedacliacent to the motor or remotely with o ne d f d le board a p r, pl e and respect thereto as in the previously described provided with an p nin n n ri a'l'ly h nm 'for with the opening inthe latter, a lens roller sup- Although preferred embodiments of the inven- 0 port plate detachably secured to said lens adapter tiOn"havelbeen"illustrated and described herein plate and provided with anop n ng c n n rically willlbe. understood that the invention is sus aligning With the p e ously nam d'op a ceptibleoof various modifications and adaptations reversing lens barrel mounted n and'extendmg Within the scope of the appended clai s. through said openings and DIOVldBd' with a pe- Havingthus. described my invention 1 la ripheral groove located adjacent to but outwardly 1. Av mounting for a reversing lens om risi of the other side of said lens board adapter plate, a lens board adapter plate provided with means a plurality of circularly spaced rollers carried by for detachably securing it to the lens board of a d n ler S pport plate and extending camera and having an opening, a lens adapter through the openin in S id l ns r d p plate provided with means? detachably securing it v p t to t other e O the l tt nd n a in 0 one side ofsaid lens board adapter plate and in Said peripheral gIOOVEOf d n ba r l o provided with an opening aligning concentrically supporting said barrel for rotation about the axis with-the opening in the latter, a reversing le of said. openings, and cooperating meansin part barrel mounted in and extending through said on said barrel and in. part supported by d l openings, means carried by said lens adapter b d adapter p 'f rotatlng d barrel m t u extend ng through t pemng" in t .7., A mounting for a reversing lens as defined in lens board adapter plate to the othe d of th claim G and wherein said lens board adapter plate latter and cooperating With means on said barpmvlded below Said opemngwith alocatmg bar "rel forsupportrngsaidbarrel for rotation about engaged by 5931a lensadaptenplatetheaxis of said'openings, and cooperating means Amountmg for reversmg IQPS-aS-defiMdm Zfor rotating said barrel and including an element clan? 6 anflwherem the cooperatmg f for on said barrel outwardly of said one side of said rotatmg sald baniel cmpnsea gear 'onisa'id lens board adapter plate and elements on Sald r and a gear rotatable on said lens adapter plate lens board adapter plate operatively connected and meshing W the gear Sam bar with said barrel 81 em en A mounting for a reversing lens as defined in A a lens as at: emanates?215mm is: m clam 1 and Wherem m lens boar adapter said barrel, a shaft rotatable and axially movable plate 15 provlded below Sald openmg Wlth on said lens adapter plate, a worm splined on said eating bar engaged by said lens adapter plate shaft and meshmg with sald Worm Wheel and A mounti unted on said shaft when the ing a lens latter is at one limit of its axial movement, and means for controlling said power means located remotely with respect to said lens board adapter plate.

10. A mounting for a reversing lens as defined in claim 9 and wherein said having a and adapted to mesh with the gear rotatable and control means for said power said motor, and a switch in said circuit for startenergization of said motor and located remotely, with respect to said motor.

reversing lens comprisboard adapter plate provided with it to the lens board and having an opening, a lens with means detachably to one side of said lens board adapter plate and provided with an opening aligning conwith the opening in the latter, a reversing lens barrel mounted in and extending through said openings, means carried by said lens means for detachably securing adapter plate and extending through the opening in said lens board adapter plate to the other side of the latter and cooperating with means on said barrel located beyond said other side of said lens board adapter plate for supporting said barrel for rotation of said openabout the axis ings, and cooperating means for rotating said barrel and including a gear on said barrel, a

and cooperating with said lever for moving the same and said motor motor spindle into and out of mesh on the barrel.

12. A mounting comprising a lens board adapter plate provided with means for detachably securing lens board of a camera and having an opening, a lens adapter plate provided with means detachably securing it to one side of said lens board adapter plate and provided with an opening concentrically aligning with the opening in a lens roller support plate detachably secured to said lens adapter plate and provided with an opening concentrically aligning with the previously named openings, a reversing lens barrel mounted in and extending through said openings and properipheral groove located beyond the other adapter plate, a plurality of rollers carried by said lens roller support plate and located beyond the other side of said lens board adapter plate and engaging in said peripheral groove of said lens barrel for supportin said barrel for rotation about the erating means axis of said openings, and coopfor rotating said barrel and inpivoted on said lens board adapter secured to said lever and having a gear mounted on the motor spindle, a gear on said lens barrel, and cam means carried by said lens board adapter plate and cooperating with to move the latter to move said motor in one direction to intermesh the gear on the motor spindle with the gear on the lens barrel and to move said motor in a second direction to disconnect said gears.

13. A mounting for a comprising a lens board adapter plate provided with means for detachably securing it lens board of a camera and having an opening, a lens adapter plate provided with means detachably securing adapter plate and provided with an opening concentrically aligned with the opening in the latter'but of less diameter than said opening in said lens board plate radially outwardly of the opening therein being provided support plate d tachably secured to said lens adapter provided with an opening ing with the concentrical said lens board adapter adapter plate, a reversing .lens in and extending through said aligned openings in a,peripheral groove located side oi said lens board adapter plate, roller support's carried by said roller support plate and extending through the circularly spaced openings in said lens adapter plate opening in said lens board adapter plate to the other side of the latter, rollers roller supports and engaging in groove of said lens barrel barrel for rotation about the axis of said concentrically aligned openings, and means for rotating said barrel and including a driven element on said barrel beyond said one side of said lens board adapter plate, and driving elements cooperating with said driven element and supported by said lens board adapter plate.

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